Food neophobia and mealtime food consumption in 4-5 year old children.

Background: Previous research has documented a negative association between maternal report of child food neophobia and reported frequency of consumption of fruit, vegetables, and meat. This study aimed to establish whether neophobia is associated with lower intake of these food types in naturalistic mealtime situations. Methods: One hundred and nine parents of 4–5 year olds completed questionnaires which included a six-item version of the Child Food Neophobia Scale (CFNS). The children took part in a series of 3 test lunch meals at weekly intervals at school at which they were presented with: chicken, cheese, bread, cheese crackers, chocolate biscuits, grapes and tomatoes or carrot sticks. Food items served to each child were weighed before and after the meal to assess total intake of items in four categories: Fruit and vegetables, Protein foods, Starchy foods and Snack foods. Pearson Product Moment Correlations and independent t tests were performed to examine associations between scores on the CFNS and consumption during lunches. Results: Neophobia was associated with lower consumption of fruit and vegetables, protein foods and total calories, but there was no association with intake of starch or snack foods. Conclusion: These results support previous research that has suggested that neophobia impacts differentially on consumption of different food types. Specifically it appears that children who score highly on the CFNS eat less fruit, vegetables and protein foods than their less neophobic peers. Attempts to increase intake of fruit, vegetables and protein might usefully incorporate strategies known to reduce the neophobic response

It\u27s Not Easy Being Green: Gender and Friendship in Eliza Haywood\u27s Political Periodicals

British writer Eliza Haywood\u27s two periodicals, \u27The Female Spectator\u27 (1744-46) and \u27The Parrot\u27 (1746), protested against the gendered split between political and domestic literary genres, showing that British novels and periodicals written by or addressed to women did engage in political discourse. Through her periodicals, Haywood presented a model for female-female friendship that portrayed women engaging in rational and polite political debate. Furthermore, she argued that this same debate could occur between a woman and a man apart from an apolitical, romantic relationship. Finally, she gave opportunity for friendship to be expressed between those who had been excluded from the public sphere through their support of marginalized political factions. Thus, Haywood\u27s periodicals reflected frustration with a public sphere that excluded texts based on genre, gender, and political partisanship

Towards a Connected Curriculum in architectural education: Research-based education in practice

This paper outlines a long-term flexible education strategy for integrating research and teaching at a research-intensive UK university. The “Connected Curriculum” is part of a recently launched twenty-year vision and a wholesale commitment to changing programmes of study. Its goal is to enable all students to participate in research and enquiry throughout their education. In addition, it aims to allow students to make connections both vertically across a programme’s year groups and horizontally across disciplinary divides, as well as beyond the university setting. The paper begins by outlining the Connected Curriculum, including its framework of six dimensions of connectivity. Then it moves to look specifically at research-based education in practice. In doing so it pulls together a number of relevant curricula examples from built environment disciplines and further afield, which have clear implications for architectural education. Through illustrating relevant international and interdisciplinary praxis, in the context of an internationally-recognized strategic approach, the aim of the paper is to inspire curricula enhancement relevant to diverse architecture programmes

Klipsun Magazine, 1998, Volume 28, Issue 02 - January

It\u27s amazing, I think, that Klipsun ever gets produced. Seven editors, 10 stories, 16 days, three computers, a slide scanner and a lot of coffee,- when separated they are just random elements, but put together they somehow make 32 beautiful pages. At least we think they\u27re beautiful. Two issues just haven\u27t been enough for me. Forget graduation,- I\u27d like to stay and work for Klipsun forever. But since I can\u27t. I\u27m happily passing the torch to the winter quarter editor, Jana Alexander. Jana, a natural copy editor, clever writer and conscientious journalist, has ambitious plans for the March and April issues of Klipsun. We\u27ve redefined the roles of Story Editor, Layout Coordinator and Art Director for winter quarter and are even considering producing only a single 64-page issue each quar­ter to replace the two 32-page issues we produce now. Winter quarter brings even more changes: for the first time since March of 1996, there will be no Coyne-Collin or Justin-on Klipsun\u27s staff. Through never-ending creativity and unbelievable dedication, Collin and Justin were largely responsible for the dramatic changes that were made to Klipsun in the past year-and-a-half. Their contribution to the editorial staff has been immeasurable. They\u27re both leaving us in order to find time to do other things like graduate and find a job with a believable paycheck. Those traitors. It isn\u27t easy to give up being editor of Klipsun. The oppor­tunities available to the Klipsun staff are unfathomable. Just think; 32 pages of space, no advertising, technological and artistic resources and training available for the plucking, and a class of more than 20 writers creating a plethora of arti­cles to choose from. No professional magazine offers writers or editors this kind of freedom or range of expression. Find us on-line at www.wwu.edu/~klipsun, e-mail us at [email protected] or call us at 650-3737. We are your magazine. We\u27d like to know who you are.https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine/1188/thumbnail.jp

Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture, 1696-1747 & Dangerous Women, Libertine Epicures, and the Rise of Sensibility, 1670-1730. (Review)

The article reviews the books Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture, 1696-1747 by Aparna Gollapudi and Dangerous Women, Libertine Epicures, and the Rise of Sensibility, 1670-1730 by Laura Linker

Loop-Ligation of DNA Nanoswitch for Sensitivity Increase

DNA nanoswitches are tools to detect nucleic acids such as microRNAs and viral RNAs. The DNA nanoswitch is a linear duplex structure created from single-stranded circular viral M13 DNA using a DNA origami approach. Each nanoswitch can be designed to have explicit detector strands that bind to a specific DNA sequence. In the presence of a particular target sequence, the DNA nanoswitch will undergo a conformational change in which it switches from a linear “off” state to a looped “on” state. The shape of the DNA nanoswitch can then be detected using standard gel electrophoresis, a cheap and simple test. In this project, we aim to improve the sensitivity of the DNA nanoswitches in detecting target strands using DNA loop-ligation. This strategy will allow the target strand to be “recycled” in solution after a more permanent looped nanoswitch is formed and continue to convert more linear nanoswitches into looped nanoswitches through target recycling. We were able to confirm permanently looped nanoswitches after ligation using T4 DNA Ligase enzyme. We will optimize the reaction conditions to show stability and signal amplification of the nanoswitch. Ultimately, we hope to amplify detection signal at least 10-100 fold using this approach, bringing our sensitivity to the aM (10^-18M) range